Dyslexia

tw1nklestar

we do not test all of the children in the school i work, however, we r vert aware of every childs needs and will put special schemes in place if we suspect problems. Children all progress at different rates and we have to give them time to mature - we use balance boards and fine motor skill activities for all children but focus more time on those we think might have potential needs. All children take part in activate (a brain gym exercise) x2 daily and all lessons plans have to be taught around vak (visual audio and hands on) and i would hope this would be the same in all schools.

spud30

tw1nklestar wrote:

we do not test all of the children in the school i work, however, we r vert aware of every childs needs and will put special schemes in place if we suspect problems. Children all progress at different rates and we have to give them time to mature - we use balance boards and fine motor skill activities for all children but focus more time on those we think might have potential needs. All children take part in activate (a brain gym exercise) x2 daily and all lessons plans have to be taught around vak (visual audio and hands on) and i would hope this would be the same in all schools.

Could you give some examples of activities and exercises that can help?

I have 6 weeks off with my children, and I would really like to help my son in particular as much as possible.

I already have a wobble board.

Any advice really would be appreciated. :A

rose07

hi

i am dyslexic and dyspraxic, i only have found out this in the last few months, whilst at university.

it is important to spot these learning difficulties when we are young so that we can get the support we need to understand things as we are growing up, things can help like extra tuition, and sitting down and reading through things together and spending the time on the things that count.

hope this helps

take care

Savvy_Sue

I don't know if IPSEA has been mentioned: very helpful people for getting appropriate educational support. Also Education Otherwise for those who think home schooling would help.

surfsister

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

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Dyslexia Research Trust - About Dyslexia

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surfsister

Jimney wrote:

Hi, my sister in law thinks her 6 year old daughter may have dyslexia. She is divorced and getting working family tax credit. Thing is she has to pay £125 to get her tested and it will be £60 for special teaching if she has it. Question is can she claim any money from anywhere?

Hiya I work in a secondary school with special needs and would not recommend a private paying test as they err on the side of saying kids have dyslexia and then try to sell expensive coloured glasses. If the school refers them and they will if you insist (nicely) it will be free and much more accurate. Then they will have a statement drawn up with goals/plans and how they are to be achieved which will be reviewed annually.

Also if they are diagnosed with any form of special need ask the school how many hours the child is entitled to per week (from a teaching assistant or teacher) on an individual basis and makes sure she gets it. Keep checking poltely but firmly on a regular basis as schools will let if slide if the have more urgent probs eg badly behaved kids who demand the assistant or teachers attention continually.


Some hints to help -patient regular reading every night for just 10 mins will help tremedously, as will reinforcing simple writing eg a diary written up daily or regular letters to grandma or a penpal anything to keep up regular writng/reading. Writing shopping lists can even help with spelling.

Also they will be allowed extra time for SATS/GCSE's to allow for their special need.

Good Luck!

tw1nklestar

spud30 wrote:

Could you give some examples of activities and exercises that can help?

I have 6 weeks off with my children, and I would really like to help my son in particular as much as possible.

I already have a wobble board.

Any advice really would be appreciated. :A

hi spud

the types of fine motor exercises we do are - threading boards, putting pegs on a line with one hand and removing them with the other, having an a5 size piece of paper laying flat on a table and using one hand scrunch it up as small as it will go (then throwing it towards the bin lol) - gross motor skill exercises - balancing on one leg then the other - hopping - mad dancing where we march and then tap alternate ankles with opposite hand - pretending we have handpuppets and making sure they cross over the body (hard to explain) we draw lazy 8's in the air(an 8 on its side) with alternate hands - it is any cross lateral exercises really. kids see them as great fun and it keeps me fit doing the exercises with them. Bats and balls r good as well - balancing ball on the bat negotiating items on the floor - move on do doing this with an extended arm. rolling (sausage roll not forward rolls) up and down the room trying to do it in a straight line. throwing bean bags into hoops - gradually increasing the distance. hope these ideas help

foreveryoung_3

I have been researching the many definitions of Dyslexia, and why some have it worse or others who have struggled to adapt and keep up without the correct help.
Its quite amazing how the brain processes information, using ALL our sences to get enough information to identify things, MASS, sounds, smell, what it looks like or feels like etc. Then we get the sence of it and understand it, hopefully.
In Dyslexics, as I am and my 5 children, not all of the sensors are working properly, There is a neurological reason for my dyslexia, I have Dysgraphia, I have hearing problems, I also find it difficult to read black on white, I have only one clear focusing eye, I cannot learn through phonics I have to picture the whole word, as I have to see it in my head to make sence of it. I could do with only talking in keywords and leave all the it, the, of, to words 330 of them I cant picture out of the conversation.
I have 2 daughters who mirror right and kept trying to read from right to left. 1 daughter who is extremely intelligent but just cant get her hands to do what she wants them to when trying to write, no matter how hard she tries she cant make her writing smaller. However she can touch type quicker than others can write.
To be able to recieve the same information as the rest of the mainstream children, it has to be presented in an entirely different way. It has to be presented in way that childs sensors can process, My children need to be taught as if you were teaching a deaf person, Visual information, my children cannot sit in a classroom and process Auditory-Sequential information, I taught my children chess by drawing a diagramme showing moves and sat and played with them for a while and it wasnt long before they got the hang of the moves. No need for Auditory messaging, simple but effective quick way of teaching children who struggle with the written text or Auditory messaging process.

pollyanna24

My bf was diagnosed as a dyslexic when he was about 10/11 years old. He is now 27. He has applied for a few jobs where you have to sit a test, and they will give extra time if you are a proven dyslexic. However, we don't really talk to his parents and have no way to prove that he is. After 17 years or so, is there somewhere I can write to for this certificate, maybe a education authority or council or something?

Thanks in advance.

KizzyK_2

I think he'll have to get re tested. I got tested 3 years ago (at college) and now my uni wants a new report.